20 October 2013

Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Today the Church celebrates the Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time. The assigned readings are Exodus 17:8-13, 2 Timothy 3:14-4:2, and Luke 18:1-8. The Responsorial Psalm is Psalm 121 (Psalm 121:1-8).

For one version of the Responsorial Psalm set to music, please visit:

YouTube: Responsorial Psalm – Psalm 121 “The Lord, my Guardian”

The Gospel reading is as follows:

Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, “There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God nor respected any human being. And a widow in that town used to come to him and say, ‘Render a just decision for me against my adversary.’ For a long time the judge was unwilling, but eventually he thought, ‘While it is true that I neither fear God nor respect any human being, because this widow keeps bothering me I shall deliver a just decision for her lest she finally come and strike me.’”

The Lord said, "\”Pay attention to what the dishonest judge says. Will not God then secure the rights of his chosen ones who call out to him day and night? Will he be slow to answer them? I tell you, he will see to it that justice is done for them speedily. But when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Reflections on this day and on these readings:

Oblates of St. Francis de Sales: Sundays Salesian: Twenty-ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time (October 20, 2013)

Msgr. Charles Pope: The Practices of Prayer – A Homily for the 29th Sunday of the Year (19 OCT 13)

Dr. Marcellino D’Ambrosio: Ask and You Shall Receive – The Gospel of the Widow and the Unjust Judge

Word on Fire: Sermon 667: The Hard Texts of the Old Testament: 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Sacred Page: Prayer as Warfare: The 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time (15 OCT 13)

Dr. Scott Hahn: Hope From on High (October 20th 2013 – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time)

The Catholic World Report Blog: The Prayer That We Breathe (19 OCT 13)

Spirituality of the Readings: The Everlasting Arms (29th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

Historical Cultural Context: Shameless Behavior (29th Sunday of Ordinary Time C)

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